14-letter words containing b, e, r, a
- subminiaturize — to design or manufacture (equipment, especially electronic equipment) of a greatly reduced scale.
- subproletariat — the poorest group within the working class
- subsecretariat — an administrative department that assists and is subordinate to a secretariat.
- subterrestrial — underground; subterranean.
- subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
- sufferableness — the quality or condition of being sufferable
- sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
- superabsorbent — extremely or unusually absorbent: superabsorbent fibers.
- superabundance — exceedingly or excessively abundant; more than sufficient; excessive.
- superambitious — extremely ambitious, highly ambitious
- superimposable — to impose, place, or set over, above, or on something else.
- sweated labour — workers forced to work in poor conditions for low pay
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- tabes dorsalis — syphilis of the spinal cord and its appendages, characterized by shooting pains and other sensory disturbances, and, in the later stages, by paralysis.
- take liberties — If you take liberties or take a liberty with someone or something, you act in a way that is too free and does not show enough respect.
- tall buttercup — a Eurasian buttercup, Ranunculus acris, naturalized in North American fields and meadows, having a tall stem and shiny yellow flowers.
- tatar republic — a constituent republic of W Russia, around the confluence of the Volga and Kama Rivers. Capital: Kazan. Pop: 3 779 800 (2002). Area: 68 000 sq km (26 250 sq miles)
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- ten-acre block — a block of subdivided farming land, usually within commuting distance of a city, that provides a semirural way of life
- tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
- terbium metals — a series of closely related rare-earth elements, including terbium, gadolinium, europium, and, sometimes, dysprosium
- terebinthinate — of, relating to, or resembling turpentine.
- terminal bonus — a bonus paid on a life insurance policy when the holder reaches a certain age or dies
- the bear state — a name for the state of Arkansas
- the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
- the job market — the people who are looking for work and the jobs available for them to do
- the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
- thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
- thermoformable — having the ability to be shaped using heat and pressure
- thermolability — the state of being unstable or subject to transformation or destruction when heated
- thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
- three-base hit — triple (def 7).
- three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- ticket barrier — gate in train station
- to break cover — If you break cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place.
- to break ranks — If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization.
- to draw breath — If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
- to ring a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
- trade barriers — any regulation or policy that restricts international trade, especially tariffs, quotas, etc.
- training table — a table in a dining hall, as at a college, where athletes are provided with special meals to aid their conditioning.
- trans-siberian — Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- transfer orbit — the flight path of a space vehicle moving from a nearly circular orbit to one with different parameters.
- transit number — an identifying number assigned by a banking organization to a bank and printed on its checks.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- treasury bills — an obligation of the U.S. government represented by promissory notes in denominations ranging from $1000 to $1,000,000, with a maturity of about 90 days but bearing no interest, and sold periodically at a discount on the market.
- trichobacteria — filamentous bacteria
- trituberculate — (of a structure such as a tooth or bone) with three tubercles
- tunbridge ware — decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.